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THK 8UMTER WATHWAX, Established April, 1850.
"Be Just and Fear not?Bet all the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 1804.
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8t 1918.
Vol. XXXVII. No. 13.
PRESIDENT WILSON
SIGNS TARIFF BILL
Signature Affixed at 9:10 O'clock, and Ad?
ministration Fulfills First of Dem?
ocratic Pledges.
Put in Operation Immediately.
Surrounded by Democratic Leaders and Friends, President
Writes His Approval and Signs Measure, Presenting Pens
to Congressman Underwood and Senator Simmons?Sec?
retary of Treasury Then Sends Telegrams to Custom Of?
ficers to Put New Tariff Rates Into Effect at Once?Con?
gress Relieved of Load.
Washington, Oct. 3.?Surrounded
by the leaders of a united Democracy,
I'l-Htftdent Wilson, signed the Under
wood-S.mmons tariff bill at 9.09
o'clock tonight at the White House.
Htroultaneuusly telegrams were sent
by the treasury department to cus?
toms collector^ throughout the coun?
try putting into ac tual operation the
first Democratic tariff revision since
1994.
A happy group of legislators, mem?
bers of the cabinet and friends encir?
cled the president as he smilingly sat
down, ami with two gold pens, slowly
affixed his signature.
He presented to Representative
Underwood the pen that had written
the word "Woodrow" and the one
which had completed the name to
Senator Simmons.
In impressive silence the president
rose and delivered In easy, natural
tones an extemporaneous speech that
brought prolonged applause. The
president declared that the Journey of
legislative accomplishment had been
only partly completed; that a great
service had been done for the rank
and ills of the countiy, but that the
sjsfl^tf atejfc In the < mancipation of
business was currency reform. He
earnestly called upon his colleagues to
go "the rest of the Journey" with
fresh Impulse.
"Gentlemen, I feel a very peculiar
Pleasure," said the president, "in
what I have Just done by way al
taking part in the completion of a
great piece of business. It Is a pleas?
ure which U very hard to express in
words because the feeling that I have
U that we have done the rank and
file of the people of this country a
gerat service. It Is hard to sooak of
these things without seeming to go
off Into campaign eloquence, but that
la not my feehng. It is one of pro?
found gratitude, that working with
the splendid men who have carried
this thing thro igh with studious at?
tention and doing Juslce all round,
I should have had part in serving the
people of this country as we have
been striving to servo them ever since
I ?an remember.
"I hav*> had the accomplishment
of something liko this at heart ever
since I was a boy and know men
standing around me who can say the
same thing?who have been waiting
If *???? the things done which it was
necessary |0 do in order that there
might be just!? e In the Ifgited States,
ami 8d it is a solemn moment that
brings hu? h ? business to a conclu?
sion.
"I hope I will not be thought to
be demanding too much of myself
or of my eottsegoea when l say thai
this, great as it Im, is the accomplish?
ment of only half the journey. We
hive set the easiaess of this eountri
free from those conditions whi< h
have made monopoly not onl> possible
?491 m a sense easy and natural Bui
there Im no use taking away the con?
ditions of monopoly if also we do
not ttk.? iss.iv the nowcr to treat*
snonopol) . ami it is llnaru nil, rather
than ? rn<? r1\ ir< umstantial and I?> 0
nomh psneof
"The power to < ontrol and guide
and dire t the Bred Hi or the countrv
1* the power to mi\ who shall and
who Hhall not build up the indus?
tries of the country, in which direc?
tion th. v nh.iii be built and In which
dir?-. Hog shall not he built. We gff
now about to t,ik. th,. s?..,n<| step.
whi<h win be >b. fetal st.p it psi
tllng the huHlnexx of 'his cointr\
free. That is what we shall d<? in
the currency hill, whi? h the house
hum already gaeSOd and SM b I have
the utmost contidt i. i tin- senate will
puss much moo n e r than same pOSSl?
mistic individuals believe Heeaust
the question. 04*01 thif this ptscs of
work is done, will arise all OVOf Go
i .,untre for what do we \s.in " \Vh\
should We wail to crOWfl oursei ?
with i'oastiaissste honor 1 Are w<
?, s?lf denvliiK that we do not wish
to complete our success? ?
"I was quoting to some of my col?
leagues in the he use those lines from
Shukspere which have always appeal?
ed to me: Tf it be a sin to covet
I honor, then 1 am the most offending
j soul alive,* and I am happy to say
i that I do not oovct it for myself
' alone. 1 covet it with equal ardor for
the men who are associated with mo
and the honor is going to come from
them. I am their associate. I can
only complete the work which they
I do. I am only counsel when they
ask my advice. I can come in only
! when the last stages of the business
are reached. And I covet the honor
for them quite as much as I covet it
for myself.
"So I feel tonight like a man who
is lodging happily in the inn which
lies half way along the Journey and
that in the morning we shall go the
rest of the way and sleep at the Jour?
ney's end like men with a quiet con
I science, knowing that we have served
our fellowmen and have thereby tried
to serve God."
It was an unusual spectacle which
attended tho completion of a legisla?
tive reform that huriy b -en seven
months in congress and embraced a
tariff revision of a most far-reaching
character.
Happy and jubilant, the invited
guests came to the executive offices.
They chatted and jested with the pres?
ident in an ante-r .om, while awaiting
fOff the full group to appear. When
the members of the senate finance
committee and house ways and means
committee finally arrived Vice Presi?
dent Marshall was ushered into the
president's office, followed by Speaker
Clark, Representative Underwood and
members of the cabinet and congress?
ional committees and their friends, No
photographers were admitted, as the
president thought the occasion too sol?
emn to be disturbed by flashing ap?
paratus. The guests crowded about
the president's desk, over which an
sleet lie lamp threw a bright glow.
"I chose 9 o'clock,f explained the
president slowly, "on the advice of the
attorney general, in order that the
blU might be nlgned after business
transactions everywhere, Including
San Kruneisco. had closed for the day.
"1 will not say anything about the
bill," he added with a smile, "until I
have signed it. I don't want it to get
away from me."
Promptly at 9.09 o'clock the presi?
dent began writing, and at 9.10 he
hud written the words, "Approved
9.10 p. m.. :t October, ISIS, Woodrow
Wils..n" on the 111th page of parch?
ment Containing the engrossed bill.
As the president rose and handed
the two pens to the men who had
steered the measure luccoosfully
through both houeee of congress,
there was an enthusiastic outburst of
handclapplng. The president had not
intended to make ? long speech and
bad not even prepared a Statement
but on the spur of the moment wee
moved to SSpress his gratification.
The small sudlence crowded about
him offering oongratulatlona Laad?
in? figures of the Democratic party
?Speaker Clark, Secretary Bryan and
Representative Underwood?stood to*
gether, sponsors With the president
for the first buslaess place of legis?
lation that had been accomplished In
the DemoratIc pro-gramme of reform
They gave the president then- personal
congratulations and reiterated prom*
Isei of support.
"We'll be coming here again In n
hoit tune to see the currency bill
nlgned," said Becrwtarj Hryan, Bee?
rt t.i r % M< Adoo spoke with equal < on
ftdence,
Whllt the president was surround
i?d l?s tnomberi. of his official fu nlly,
there was none happier than Joseph
I: Wilson, rounger brother of the
rhlel executive, who tonight came
her? from Baltimore to witness the
signing. Mrs Wilson ami daughters
still are nt < tarnish, N, n.
LAWYERS STAND BY SULIER.
cm Er coun sel for former
chief executive denies
report of break.
Horrh'k Says That They Want Sulzer
to Tell only the Truth on the Wit?
ness Stand?Active and Consulting
Counsel tor Governor Disagree.
Alhuny, X. Y., Oct. 3.?Humors
that Qov. Sulzer and his counsel were
at the parting of the ways, tonight
were denied emphatically by D. Cady
Herrick, chief of staff. Heriick broke
his "silence" only after a story had
gone broadcast that several of the
attorneys would withdraw from the
case Monday.
"There is not a word of truth in
I the stories," Mr. Herrick said. "He
may have trouble wiiti other attor
: news with whom he is reported to
have consulted, but not with those
who have appeared for him in court.
We will be on hand Monday and, in
so far as 1 know, every other day un?
til the trial ends."
Mr. Herrick also denied that coun?
sel and the governor are at logger?
heads over the story Gov. Sulzer in?
sists he will tell from the witness
stand. It was reported that Gov. Sul
xer's plan of laying bare his whole
political career was distasteful to his
attorneys. ?
"We want only one thing?the
truth," Herrick said.
That the governor's counsel is
none too well pleased with his con?
sulting attorneys other than those
appearing at the counsel table is well
known, but the latter have had their
I way on all important points and no
serious break is expected.
Besides the officials, a large num
, ber of newspaper men crowded intxr
the president's office. There was an
informal reception for a few minutes
i and then the Underwood-Simmons
tariff law was carried away to the de?
partment of State and deposited ln(
the archleves along wtih other his*
torie pieces of legislation. .1
Clr-rk.i of the senate throughout'
the morning were at work correct?
ing proof on the engrossed copy of
the bill and making sure that it con?
tained no errors or misplaced punc?
tuation marks. The bill, accompa?
nied by the conference report as last
night agreed on by the senate, came
into the house as soon as the body
met. For over an hour the house de?
bated as to what action it shout'"
take. Speaker Clark finally upheld
the contention that the house must
recede from its compromise cotton
futures tax and the house quickly
VOted the provision out of the tariff
bill. The last vote was reached at
1.23, at 1.25 the speaker had affixed
his name to the completed bill and
within 10 minutes Chief Clerk Jerry
South had carried it to the senate,
and it had been signed by Vice Pres?
ident Marshall. Clerks of the senate
then took charge of the bill and con?
veyed it to the White House.
The relief of both houses at the
termination of the tariff fight was ap?
parent. Only extraordinary efforts of
senate leaders kept enough senators
In town to enable that body to work
today on the urgent deficiency ap
I proprlatlon bill. Many members to?
night left Washington, although both
houses of congress will remain con?
structively in session.
The final steps today taken by the
house to complete the tariff bill did
not Involve the rates of principles of
the measure. Republicans and Dem?
ocrats concurred in the action of re?
ceding from the cotton futures tax.
It is generally understood that a
determined effort will be made as
sour a.s the new congress convenes in
December to take up cotton futures
tax legislation and pass a separate
bill to regulate cotton exchange trad?
ing and to lay a heavy tax on that
branch Of OOtton trading which mem?
bers of hoUSS and senate characterize
as "gambling."
Germany win be the first nation
to take advantage of that section of
the nee tariff act which provides for
mutual concessions In customs taxes.
Already the Initial steps have been
taken to sc? tu e such an arrange?
ment The chancellor of the German
embassy, acting in the absence of
Ambassador Dernstorff, has been in
communication with the state depart*
men I and it is expected n rough out?
line drafl of such an arrangement
s",in will be ready for consideration.
As it emerged from conference this
section no longer contains the retal*
lator) provisions inserted by the sen?
ate and is now nothing more than
in authorisation of the executive to
"negotiate trade agreements with for?
eign nations wherein mutural conoes
Hlons are made looking toward freer
trade relations and further reciprocal
expulsion ol trade and commerce."
COTTON GINNERS* REPORT.
,237,8.>1 HALES GINNED UP TO
SEPTEMBER 25TIL
Figures by states? South Carolina's
Share in the Movement of Staple So
Far is 192,304 Bales.
Washington, Oct. 2.?The sec?
ond cotton gin.ling report of
the census bureau, issued at 10
a. m., today, announced that 3,237,851
hales of cotton of the growing of 1913
had been ginned prior to September
26, counting round as half bales. To
that date last year 3,006,934 bales;
or 22.3 per cent, of the entire crop,
had been ginned; in IP 11, to that date
3,676,594 bales or 23.6 per cent, had
been ginned; in 1908 to that date 2,
590,639 bales or 19.8 per cent, of the
crop had been ginned, and in 19.06 to
that date 2,057,283 bales or 15.8 per
cent of the crop had been ginned.
Included in the total ginnlngs were
27,324 round bales, compared with
19,574 round bales ginned to Sep?
tember 25 last year; 27,918 round
biles in 19 1, 38,028 round bales in
1!)10, and 48,170 round bales in 1909.
The number of bales of sea island
cotton included was 10,555 bales,
compared with 3,051 bales last year,
11,807 bales In 1911, 13,832 bales in
1909 and 11,457 bales in 1908.
Ginnings prior to September 25, by
Slates, with comparisons for the last
year and other big crop years, and
with the percentage of the entire crop
ginned to that date in previous years,
follows:
Alabama.
Year. Ginnlngs.
1913.323,602
1912.190,310
1911 ...360,244
1908.316,349
1906 .. .221,851
Arkansas.
1913.69.306
1912.41,438
1911.43,626
1908 .80.466
1906.35,837
Florida.
'1913.. .. ...216
1912. 9,770
1911.21,510
I 1908.16,657
] 1906.10,479
Georgia.
1913 .491,093
j 1912.272,335
! 1911.765,687
1908.514,898
1906.281,685
i
Louisiana.
1913. 77,34?
1912. 73,992
1911 . 89,069
1908 . 79,042
1906. 139,511
Mississippi.
1913.120,015
1912. 56,056
1911.96,129
1908 .199, OUT
190?.156,573
Nortli Carolina.
I 1913 . 49,625
1 1912.101,683
1911.156,390
1908 . 89,063
1906. 44,877
Oklahoma.
1913 . 148,556
1912. 77,394
1911. . . . .116,328
1908 . 5,705
1906. 17,570
South Carolina.
1913. 192,301
1912.174,251
1911 . 338,090
1908 .289,969
1906. 131,262
Tennessee
1913.18,341
1912. 990
1911.15,541
1908 . 28,109
1906. 7,394
Texas.
1913 . 1,726,630
1912. 2,002,975
1911 . 1,667,875
190S. 966,607
190?. 1,008,85?
All Other States.
1913. 5,617
1912. 2,740
1911. 5,39!*.
1905. 4,774
1906. 1,4 88
The ginning of sea island cotton
prior to September ~f>, by states, fol?
lows:
Years. Florida, Georgia Bo. <'ar.
1 n 1;: . . . 4.068 6,6 l 9 78
1912. . ,1.690 1,258
1911. . . 4,381 7.4or? 21
1 909 . . . ,6,133 7,649 B0
1908 . . ,6,083 5,924 4 no
Mrs. Florence "Scarborough, ??(
Bumtcr, is visiting her sister. Mrs.
w. m. Held Blehopvllle Leader and
Vindicator.
GOVERNMENT REPORT PUTS
CONDITION AT ?4.1, LOWEST
IN TEN YEARS.
Carolina's Showing Slightly Below 10
Year Average But Above Average
for Whole Belt tills Year.
Washington, Oct. 2.?The condition
of the cotton crcp of the United
States on Thursday, September 25,1
was 64.1 per cent of a normal, com?
pared with 68.2 per cent, on August
25, 1913, 69.6 per cent, on September
25, 1912, 71.1 per cent, on September
25, 1911, 65.9 per cent, on September
25, 1910, and 68.6 per cent, the av?
erage of the past 10 years on Septem?
ber 25. This announcement was
made at noon today by the crop re
porting board, bureau of statistics,
United States department of agricul?
ture, in its final condition report of j
the season, the condition being esti?
mated from reports of its correspond-1
ents and agents throughout the cotton'
belt.
During the early part of the grow
ing season this year conditions were
. favorable in the Western cotton States
l
and unfavorable in the Eastern cotton
States; as the season advanced, how?
ever, prospects declined i i the West
and improved somewhat in the East.
Until the latter part of the month
which today's report covered there
was severe drought in Texas, Okla?
homa and southern Missouri but this
j was broken very generally during the
, third week of the period, the heavy
rains at points in those States as well
as in portions of Arkansas, were
thought to have caused some damage
to the open cotton. During the second
week of the period high winds and
heavy rains were thought to have
j caused some damage in eastern North
I Carolina. In that week the drought
was reported as severe over much
of Tennessee and portions of South
Carolina, while the drought in Ar?
kansas was considerably relieved.
Comparisons of conditions by
States follows:
! ?em.^Awg. September-25
25 26 10 Yr.
1913 1913 1912 1911 Av.
Va .. .75 80 70 87 76
N. C. . .75 75 70 77 73
S. C. . . .71 77 68 73 72
Ga.72 76 65 79 72
Fla. . .78 81 65 75 71
I Ala . ..67 72 68 73 69
Miss. . . 03 6y 63 62 67
La.60 67 69 66 II
Tex. . .03 64 75 71 66
Ark . ..63 72 68 70 69
Tenn . .68 80 68 77 74
Mo. . . .64 72 72 80 76
Okla . .42 45 69 ?0 69
Cal . . .100 96 90 100 ?
U. S. . .64.1 68.2 69.6 71.1 68.6
For the purpose of comparison, the
condition of the cotton crop in the
United States monthly and the esti?
mated yield per acre for the past 10
years are given below:
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The drst official figures estimating
the size of this years' crop will be an?
nounced by the crop reporting board
on Friday, December 12, at 2 p. m.,
when the department of agrtssaiure's
report on the production of OOtton for
the season 1913-1914 Will he issued,
showing the quantity of cotton grown
In ? ach State, expressed in 500-pound
bales,
i'
Columbia, Oct. \\.?Dispatch print?
ed' in early edition the Columbia Rec?
ord says that Thomas Tosheeky, the
miner entombed at Centralis, Pa., Is
still living, but it will he tomorrow
before he can be liberated.
um mm Dimioi.
ENDORSES PLAN TOR DIVIDING
SOUTH CAROLINA INTO TWO
DISTRICTS.
President is Opposed to Haste, Him
' ever, and Thinks That Bill Should
Wait Until Regular Session of Con?
gress?Representatives Work for
Measure's Passage.
Washington, Dot 2.?It became
known here toda> that President
Wilson is quite anxious to have the
bill introduced by Representative Aik ?
en a few days ago providing lor thj
creation of another judicial district in
South Carolina, with additional court
officials, or one similar to it, passed at
an early date. The matter has gone
so far that Representative Clayton,
chairman of tr house judiciary com?
mittee, passe Gatter over to At?
torney Gen' *? ^Reynolds and the
g
latter has ? his thorough approv
?
al to the **' Mr. McReynolds went
deeply ^' all the bills that have
been d on this subject, digested
ther w rffully, and ascertained from
m s of congress and others who
sy
a position to know what the
jns were for the failure of ^hese
.s to pass in y- at I gone by. That
having been done, ^cording to what
was learned here t day, the situation
was presented to tl o president and he
thinks that it m*eht be well to have
the new district authorized, but he, it
is said, is opposed to providing for
such authorization in one of the
emergercy bills, as is often done.
The suggestion was made that the
matter be careci for in one of the
emergency bills, or as is known here,
one of the "deficiency" bills, but this
plan did not. meet with the president's
approval. He thinks that the measure
should take Its regular course when
the next session of congress begins in
December, and this is what will like?y
be done.
The three members of the house
I who are most directly interested in
the result of tre proposed action are
Representative. Alken, Johnson and
Mymesr Re pre. et?fctrton^ Anten a*d
Pyrnes are most : ?husiastic concern?
ing the bill. A part of Mr. Bryne's
district, all 'Mr. Johnson's and all Mr.
Aiken's would be included in the new
western district and it is said that
they are receiving? many letters and
telegrams from lawyers and other In?
terested parties ir, upper South Caro?
lina encouraging their efforts.
The appointment of an additional
district attorney and marshal with
other court officials and the holding
of courts In several of the largest
towns which would be included in the
new western district would add a
stimulus to federal matters in that
part of the State pr.a besides creating
these new officer, the plan would mean
that the holding of these additional
courts would naturally cause much
money to be spent one way and an?
other in those towns. For all of these
reasons up-country people are help?
ing to push the matter along end
the prospects are good for the pas?
sage of the bill at the rext session.
MR. MANNING IN CAPITOL.
Tells Correspondent He Is In Race to
Stay?Commends President aud
Currency Bill.
Washington, Oct. 2.?The Hon. P..
L Manning, of Sumter, came through
Washington today on his way hom^,
after attending the wedding of his son,
Mr. Bernard Manning, and Miss
Katharine Rurton, of Baltimore, in
the latter city.
When asked about his candidacy
for Governor, Mr. Manning would say
no more than he was in the raco to
stay and that he did not expeci to
have anything to apologize for when
it was over. He inquired about the
progress of sdministration measuus
and spoke with admiration < f the
president.
Mr. Manning declared that In his
opinion and in the opinion generally
held in South Carolina, the adminis?
tration's financial bill is fundamental?
ly correct and should be passed at
the present session of congress. Mr.
Manning called on several members
of the State delegation.
SPONSOR AT FLAG RAISING.
Mlm Inez. Parrott wftU Rep* nt
South Carolina at Mob'
Columbia. Ort 3. Miss Inez Par?
rott, of Blshopvllle, will be the spon?
sor representing south Carolina at the
fiag raising ceremony of the states
which will take place during the
eighth Convention of the Women's
Auxiliary of the Southern Commer?
cial Congress during the night of <>e
tober 28 in Mobile, Ala. Acceptance
of the Appointment was received by
Governor Bleaas today in a letter
from Miss Parrott.